Category: Research

West Side students harvesting STEM know-how, with side of veggies, in GEAR UP program

Students at the Gary West Side Leadership Academy Thursday celebrated a fall bounty that went beyond tomatoes and beans. The students, who are participating in one of nine Indiana GEAR UP programs, watched the unveiling of a new greenhouse next...
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(left to right): F. Richard Olenchak, Kristen Seward, Anne Traynor, and Ophélie Desmet

New grant uses ‘positive psychology’ to better support underserved students in gifted and talented programming

Using cutting edge assessment strategies and innovative programming, a new five-year College of Education research project will seek to expand the access of underserved communities to gifted and talented programming. The grant uses techniques from positive psychology to provide these...
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Prof. Dr. Bettina Lindmeier, LUH College of Education, and Phillip J. VanFossen, Interim Dean of the Purdue University College of Education, sign the Letter of Intent between LUH and Purdue.

Leibniz University Hannover scholars visit College, partner in teaching

Four Language Education and Special Education scholars from Leibniz University Hannover (LUH), Germany, visited Purdue this week as part of a new international research and teaching partnership with the College of Education. The purpose of the partnership is to foster...
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Heather Servaty-Seib

USA Today quotes Servaty-Seib on grief expressions in social media

Midori Anderson and Orlando Foreman met on Tinder in the summer of 2019 when they were students at the University of Arkansas. That November, he brought her flowers and tried to spell out “will you be my girlfriend?” in rose...
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2022 Holmes Scholars

Eleven Holmes Scholars named to 2022 cohort

The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Holmes Program named 11 College of Education PhD and post-doctoral students as 2022 Holmes Scholars. The program supports students who self-identify as racially and ethnically diverse and are pursuing graduate degrees...
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Business and Society Review publishes Sdunzik, Burgess article

Evaluation and Learning Research Center researchers are collaborating with colleagues in the College of Engineering’s Institute for Innovation Science on the development of an innovative, interdisciplinary, evidence-based framework to enhance partnerships.

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